Eifel (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.3° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° S, 8.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ahbach Formation, Late/Upper Eifelian (389.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• Middle beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Review of stratigraphic distribtuion of tabulate corals

Primary reference: B. R. Schöne, M. Basse, and A. May. 1999. Korrelationen des Eifelium/Givetium-Grenzbereichs im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge. Senckenbergiana lethaea 77(1):233-242 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235194: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.06.2024

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Taxonomic list

• Tabulate corals only
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Gerastos cf. prox Richter and Richter 1956 trilobite
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontidae
Tortodus kockelianus conodont
Tortodus kockelianus kockelianus